"Perry is the first graduate of Texas A & M to govern Texas. When he was a freshman, in 1968, the student body looked much like him: white, male, determinedly rural.... At A & M, Perry ran the winning campaign of his friend John Sharp for student-body president. In response, Sharp got his friend elected one of the campuss five yell leadersmale cheerleaders. Perry considered being a yeller the higher office. A typical yell is: Squads left! Squads right! / Farmers, farmers, were all right! / Load, ready, aim, fire, boom! During tense moments in a football game, yellers grab their balls and shout, Squeeze, Aggies!

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I was inclined to disbelieve that ball-squeezing thing. But I Googled it. There are some strange American folk traditions, apparently. But... why is this in an article about Rick Perry? Why merge that image with him? There's some psychological manipulation going on here!

Note that there is an ongoing effort among the media elite to create an aversion to Rick Perry by making him seem hyper-masculine in a disgusting or inappropriate way. I'll be keeping an eye on this. If you see evidence of this phenomenon, let me know  in the comments here or by email.

Another thing. You know those photo shots of Perry that are evidently entirely too masculine and attractive for the NE liberal/RINO crowd, where he has one boot hiked up on the bale of hay? I wish to start a rumor here. Anybody with back pain tends to do the very same thing. I’ve seen it and know it to be true and just wonder if that could be one reason for the more relaxed pose during part of that stump speech. Not that his pose even matters in that casual setting among like minded farmers enjoying their state fair or wherever it was. The fact that he is recovering from back surgery made me think about the criticism he was getting for “swagger”.

.....I wish to start a rumor here. Anybody with back pain tends to do the very same thing. ...

I thought of this the other day when I saw that picture of his leg resting on the straw bale. He's recently had back surgery and was wearing a brace (don't know if he still is) so it made sense that it would help to do that.

I haven't been everywhere in this country, but I live in Ohio, have been to several southern states, along with Texas and Oklahoma, and we now have property in WV.

Every rural area I've been to, is nearly exclusively white.

I don't believe people in those areas are racist and would create a hostile environment for non-whites (although non-whites may believe that and it would be enough to presumably deter them) - in fact, I think rural people are some of the most accepting there are towards racial and/or ethinic differences.

Are there rural areas of non-white farmers, ranchers, etc. that I just haven't seen, or is there something about either the area or the type of work/mindset that is not compatible with the average non-white?

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